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Jan Esper | |
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Born | 1968 |
Nationality | German |
Title | Professor and Head of Unit |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Geography |
Institutions | Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz |
Main interests | Climate Change,Paleoclimatology,Urban Climate,Dendrochronology |
Website | Departmental Website |
Jan Esper (born 1968) studied geography at the University of Bonn,where he later earned his doctorate. After a postdoc position at Columbia University in New York City,he continued his work on dendrochronology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest,Snow and Landscape Research (WSL),and qualified as a professor at the University of Bern. In 2018,Esper became a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature. Since 2010,he has been a professor at the Department of Geography at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. [1]
Esper's research focuses on global climate change,paleoclimate,urban climate and dendrochronology. In 2020,he received the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to improve climate reconstructions from tree rings. [2] His research has notably included hockey stick graph temperature reconstructions. [3] [4] [5]